Spring 2016
Issue 1
Career Services Business Etiquette for Students
AFA Departments Academic Advising Katherine Sweeney, Director 706-731-7979 academicadvising@augusta.edu
Career Services Julie Goley, Director 706-731-1604 careercenter@augusta.edu Center for Academic Success Lorraine Evans, Executive Director 706-446-5167 Loevans@augusta.edu
CURS John Sutherland, Associate Dean When students spend less time around a family dinner table growing up, many of the nuances of making a solid first impression with proper dining etiquette get overlooked. It’s critical for our students to master face to face networking, dining and business etiquette for the numerous professional functions, interviews, receptions and dinners they will encounter. This is Career Services‘ tenth year hosting a business and dining etiquette dinner for our students. It has become one of the signature programs we sponsor each year and seats always quickly fill up. The event is feasible through our partnership with the Student Activities Fee Committee who helps to fund the event for our students. Each spring we have 100-120 professionally dressed students attend our three course dinner in the JSAC Ballroom to listen to a certified professional etiquette instructor coach them on the process. You can find a freshman sitting at a table with a graduating senior and a medical student, all gathered together to break bread for a common cause. We put an emphasis on keeping the students comfortable so they feel at ease to get any questions answered. In addition to dining skills, the speaker covers business professional and business casual attire, along with some key differences in international protocol. This year’s event will be on March 15th. Students can sign up through Career Services (706) 737-1604 or via email careercenter@augusta.edu to attend. Seats are reserved on a first come, first serve basis. Career Services Continued on Page 2
706-729-2260 jsutherland@augusta.edu
Faculty Dev. & Teaching Excel. Deborah Richardson, Director 706-737-1742 ctl@augusta.edu
First/Second-Year Experience Beth Huggins, Director 706-737-1594 ehuggins@augusta.edu
Registrar Heather Metress, Registrar 706-731-1430/1431 registrar@augusta.edu
University Libraries Brenda Seago, Director Greenblatt 706-721-3441 Reese 706-737-1744 www.augusta.edu/library